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Entries in Governance (37)
Will Merging U.S. Science Agencies Increase Innovation?
I read the news report Merger of US earth sciences agencies proposed by AP Science Writer Randolph E. Schmid with mixed feelings. The report describes a serious proposal to combine two US government agencies, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Dennis D. McDonald
in Governance, Collaboration, Innovation, Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, R&D Management
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Who Is Better At Making Government Data Useful?
Craig Thomler’s Make government data freely available neatly lays out, from an Australian’s perspective, a discussion of how the public can benefit if government agencies make raw data available for access by individuals and organizations who then analyze or present that data in a useful way. These points are from Thomler’s conclusions:
Dennis D. McDonald
in Copyright, Governance, Publishing, Policy, Regulation, eGovernment
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How Much do People Need to Understand Technology to Manage It?
Jeremiah Owyang’s post Gen Y Enter Stage Left, Baby Boomers Exit Stage Right got me to wondering how much people should understand about technology in order to manage it in an organization.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Governance, Social Networking, Knowledge Management, Expertise Management, Retirement, Demographics, Social Media, Outsourcing, Software, Knowledge Transfer, Technological Literacy
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How To Avoid Common Strategic Planning Mistakes
For the past few months one of the most popular posts on this blog has been A Short Definition of “Strategic Planning.” I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because the term “short definition” is in the title. Why read a “long definition” if a “short definition” is available?
Dennis D. McDonald
in Governance, Collaboration, Project Management, Social Networking, Social Media, Strategy, Strategic Planning
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Social Networking and Elsevier's "Grand Challenge" for Knowledge Enhancement in the Life Sciences
Netherlands-based mega-publisher (and former employer) Elsevier BV has issued a grand challenge:
Dennis D. McDonald
in Governance, Social Networking, Publishing, Knowledge Management, Expertise Management, Peer Review, Journals, Social Media, Content Management, Homeland Security, Emergency, Libraries, MySpace, DataPortability, R&D Management, Knowledge Transfer, Internet
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Howlett Makes Some Good Points About Enterprise Web 2.0 Adoption
Dennis Howlett’s The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social media, once you get past the hyperbole of the title and ZDNet’s antiquated requirement to register in order to leave comments, makes some good points.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Management Tools, Blogging, Governance, Web 2.0, Project Management, Social Networking, Enterprise 2.0, Social Media, Adoption
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Are Collaboration Tools Part of the IT Infrastructure or Part of the Application Portfolio?
I was interviewed yesterday by a Forrester Research staff member about how CIO’s (Chief information Officers) should approach the implementation of collaboration tools (click here for a list of blog posts related to “collaboration”). We talked about the usual adoption issues related to “web 2.0” applications within the enterprise.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Management Tools, Governance, Web 2.0, Collaboration, Project Management, Enterprise 2.0, Cost Analysis, Strategic Planning, Software
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Project Management, Social Media, and Defining "Community"
As a continuation of our Conversation about Project Management and Social Media, Lee White in his recent post Project Community states the following: The point here is not that Social Media, as discussed in earlier posts, directly drives efficiencies, but that it can create a community of project stakeholders that are passionate about the successful completion of a project.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Governance, Web 2.0, Collaboration, Project Management, Social Networking, Enterprise 2.0, Social Media, Project Blog Survey, Definitions, Mergers & Acquisitions, PMandSM
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Collaborative Decisionmaking in Disaster Response Situations
Professor Murray Turrof recently sent me a draft of a paper that will be presented at the upcoming 5th International ISCRAM Conference in Washington DC in May of 2008.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Governance, Collaboration, Social Networking, Expertise Management, Social Media, Disaster Response, Homeland Security, Emergency, Definitions
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The "Who" and "What" of Technological Illiteracy
Definitely worth listening to is Command Line’s December 19 podcast technological illiteracy among our leaders. His theme: we need to do something about the lack of knowledge our leaders have of how technology operates and impacts our lives.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Privacy, Governance, Ethics, Security, Technology, Homeland Security, Conservation, Energy, Technological Literacy
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